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Two rockets from Gaza slammed into southern Israel Thursday morning during President Obama's visit of Jeruselum. Israeli police say no casualties were reported. Obama is on a four-day trip to Israel and the West Bank, his first since taking office.

The David Zucker and Robert Hays, director and star of the 1980 comedy hit "Airplane!" will be in Madison on Monday to unveil a new TV spot promoting Wisconsin as a tourism destination. The commercial was filmed last summer on Plum Lake in Sayner and is due to begin running in May in Chicago, Minneapolis-St. Paul, eastern Iowa and Milwaukee. Their appearance coincides with a statewide conference on tourism.

The city of Milwaukee is considering a $3.5 million tax financing package to boost Midtown Center on the city's northwest side. The fund would provide money for developer incentives and center improvements on the 56-acre site at 60th and Capital Drive. Midtown is the largest shopping center in the city of Milwaukee, but has faced some vacancies during the recession.

From the pages of Good: Almost everything you do impacts your carbon footprint, from what you eat for breakfast to where you go on vacation. Each of us contributes to the greenhouse gas emissions that are causing climate change. The Nature Conservancy's carbon footprint calculator estimates how many tons of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses our choices create each year. For a link to the calculator and ideas how you can reduce your footprint, head over to our Facebook page.

The two-time Grammy Award-winning opera Elmer Gantry returns to the Florentine stage with a new cast, on the heels of critical acclaim and standing ovations at performances across the nation.
Based on the popular Sinclair Lewis novel, this...

We had a very special treat this morning on 88NINE. Darryl McDaniel, better known as DMC of the legendary hip hop group Run DMC was on the phone this morning with Jordan. He is in Milwaukee for the Buck's Sneaker Summit. On Saturday,...

This year the 29th Annual Milwaukee LGBT Film/Video Festival has stretched across two weekends, running October 16-26. This morning festival director and LGBT FILM Grand Puba, Carl Bogner stopped in to speak with the AMKE crew about the...